There was much that impressed about the Blue Jays rise from the basement to contender in the span of one 162-game MLB season.

High on the list was their well-earned reputation of being down but never out, leading the major leagues with 49 comeback wins.

It’s one thing to turn the tables in a nine-inning game, but quite another to dig out of an 0-2 hole in a best-of-seven playoff series, however.

But the Blue Jays played to the mighty side of its identity on Wednesday night in Seattle, throttling the Mariners 13-4 in the first – and rather giant – step to getting back into the American League Championship Series.

They did it by beating up on solid Mariners pitcher George Kirby and a stellar outing from their own starter, trade deadline acquisition, Shane Bieber.

And in doing all that,

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